Back row: Pat Dougherty, Frank Meis, Joe Newel, Mike Gaughan, Carmen DeFrancisco, Steve Kowalko, Bill Howland, Dennis Mandell, Lonnie Golden.
The Gray Sox defeated the Heat, two games to one, to capture the Philadelphia Senior Softball League 68-and-over division championship.
The Heat won the regular season title and a first-round playoff series.
The Gray Sox finished third among four teams, then topped the Thunder in three games in the first round.
In the championship series, the Heat won the opener, 6-3, and were on the verge of the championship, taking a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning of the second game.
However, the Gray Sox scored five runs in the seventh for a 5-4 victory.
In the decisive third game, the Gray Sox won, 3-2, at Crispin Field.
The Gray Sox are led by co-managers/players Rick Capone and Carmen DeFrancisco.
The winning pitcher for the Gray Sox was 91-year-old Bill Howland.
Other players on the championship team were Neal Schwartz, Eric Gonzalez, Jim Ballantine, Pat Dougherty, Frank Meis, Joe Newel, Mike Gaughan, Steve Kowalko, Dennis Mandell and Lonnie Golden. ••
Back row: Pat Dougherty, Frank Meis, Joe Newel, Mike Gaughan, Carmen DeFrancisco, Steve Kowalko, Bill Howland, Dennis Mandell, Lonnie Golden.
